People of copper, people of gold – Tetzaveh – by Rabbi Dr Raymond Apple

Parashat T’tzaveh focusses on the Sanctuary and its appurtenances. The Sanctuary vessels were variegated and each had its own function. The Lubavitcher Rebbe used to...

OzTorah: They saw the thunder – Yitro

Torah reading: Yitro THE FIRST COMMANDMENT Though we use the phrase, "The Ten Commandments", the Decalogue is ten Words or Principles. The first says that there is...

Chief Rabbi’s Dvar Torah : Parshat Vayikra

In his D’var Torah this week, the Chief Rabbi explains why we must invest in our teachers. https://youtu.be/O_TxeSSJ4iI The leftovers of the ‘Mincha’ offering were to...

Parshat Vayeshev

In this week’s D’var Torah the Chief Rabbi asks what it was that caused the waters to part. What did the sea see? In Psalm 114,...

Aren’t We All Sinners?

Dear Rabbi I was especially intrigued by your remarks in last week’s column regarding the tragic story in Israel. My question is, inasmuch as someone...

A shammash in the age of electricity

THE MIRACLE OF CHANUKAH Chanukah is colourful, exciting, and popular, ranking with Purim in carnival spirit. Every type of talent is part of the festival:...

AUDITED ACCOUNTS

Checking the income and expenditure of the Tabernacle-building project required careful auditing, which is the major feature of the Torah passage this Shabbat. How interesting...

Eikev: The Land of Milk and Ice Cream – Thoughts on a Boycott

By Rav Moshe Taragin The recent decision to discontinue selling Ben and Jerry's ice cream in selected areas of Israel has roused the Jewish world,...

Israel Is Not a Start-up Nation

Rabbi Moshe Taragin What happens when grand visions meet harsh realities? For hundreds of years, the land of Israel was a shimmering dream buoying the...

New! Pirkei Avot column!

150 issues since we began, we have reached the conclusion of Tehillim. We are now...

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